Paths

 

A few times a week I cross these tracks in my town and occasionally I will get a perfect view of how far the tracks travel.  My heart jumps when I do catch that perfect glimpse of those far away tracks but I’m not sure why.  Is it wanderlust, adventure, yearning or the road left untraveled? I haven’t quite figured it out. It could just be, Great, you drive, I’ll knit!

My path this week led me to a new E-Book and Project Sheets for Top Down Sweaters. Betsy Kuhn, owner of Elgin Knit Works (my LYS), requested this for her new students.  She wanted her students to be able to keep track of where their increases needed to be placed, which row they needed to be placed on and how many stitches they should have.  These project sheets fit this type of sweater perfectly. I am very excited to release this new product; I know you will all find it to be a very useful tool as well. They’ve already received an A+ from her students.

Needless to say I didn’t get to spend much time knitting.  My socks are still on the needles.  They progressed a little.

  

Shaw Hill Shrug

Chinook Scarf

I was able to block my Shaw Hill Shrug and my Chinook Scarf.  I think they turned out beautifully.

I can’t wait to wear them.  These were both very fun and easy to knit projects. I highly recommend both of them, if you need a quick gift they're perfect. I of course used my project sheets so knitting them again in similar yarns will be almost measure free knitting. Love That! I still have 3 more items to block and my pile should be complete.

A new adventure is coming my way…  I think (I am still really on the fence) we’ve decided to get a puppy, a German Shepard puppy to be exact.  I am more than a little nervous; I haven’t had a dog since I lived with my parents. I was young, I didn’t have to train, feed, walk or take care of him.  My job was to love and play with him. What am I getting myself into?  Anyway, we have an appointment to go and see the puppies today.  The pups are only 2 weeks old so we won’t be bringing one home.  How do you choose one puppy from a litter especially when they’re only 2 weeks old?  Oh, and you know my children have promised me the world if we could just get a puppy!  You and I both know where that’s headed…   This dog is going to be mine.  I’m sure I’m going to have all kinds of questions for those of you that have dogs but I’ll save those for now.  I would appreciate any advice you have though.